Aeroplane.



V. P. PLEISS.

AEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED 3.27. 1910.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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.44 ATTORNEYS V. P. FLEISS.

AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED APR.27. 1916 ggflm, v Patented May 30, 1911.

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ATTORNEYS being arranged slightly in the rear of the Y planes as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

. balancing plane is braced from the'upper 2O i I to whichever plane is operated.-.-.

v larly when 'descending when' the motor is 3 stopped, said planes then serving to a cer? tain extent as'parachutes.

' parallel superposed supporting planes arran ed directly one above the other, and

. ranged pivoted planes sup of the supporting planes sai pivoted planes i means for the forward ends of said i'vote of the support-ing planes, a

- on the lower plane at about thecenter there- 'peller 20.

'ancing plane 22, said balancing plane being balancing the efi'ect of th e elevating v, d depressing planes, and to prevent a too su 2 see,

the planes and will remain in that position until they are again deflectedthrough the steerin cords: v

A suitable motor 18 is preferably mounted of, said motor being connected by any suitable drivin means to a shaft 19 of the pro- This shaft is preferably support ed from the under side of the middle plane at the center of the machine, the propeller- Extending rearwardly from the edge of the middle plane is a supporting frame 21 which carries at .its rear end a rigid balsubstantially equal in area to the elevating and depressing planes. The support for. the

and lower planes by means of the guy-wires 23. This plane v22 serves as a means for den tilting of the fom g end of the machine, either upward'or do sn ward acco ing The machine is mounted on suitable'light transporting Wheels 24 to'permit it to move over the ground when starting,

The supporting planes are preferably convex on their uppersurfaces and concave on their undersurfaces, from their front edges to their rear edges, as shown clearly in Fig; 2; The objectof this is to increase the ef-v fective steering power of the planes, particu- Having thus described my invention, I-. claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patentz- 1..An aeroplane comprising a series of a ually increasing in', length from the owest to thehighest plane, horizontally arorted forward being movable toward and awayfrom each other at their rear ends, a common pivotin horizontal frame,- means and depressing planes in rear of the supporting planes, and means for driving the propeller.

horizontal-supporting planes, elevating and depressing planes forward of the supporting planes, a common pivoting means for the forwardjedges of said elevating and depressing planes, a balancing plane rigid with a frame in the rear of the supporting planes, laterally swinging supporting means earned between the steer ng planes, means for swinging said steering means, a pro-'- peller, and means for drlving'said propeller:

4. An aeroplane comprising a' series of parallel horizontally arranged supporting planes, said planes increasing in len th from the lowest to the highest plane, a pair of elevating and depressing planes carried f0r-,

3. An aeroplane comprising a series of ward. of the supporting planes, a common means for hinging saidplanes at their for- .wardedges, means for raising and lowering the'rear edges of said planes respectively, means for normally holding said plane's horizontally, a balancing plane rigid with a frame in the rearof the supporting planes,

vertically arranged rudders between the Eupporting planes, means for hinging said rudders at thelr forward edges, means for laterally swinging said rudders, a propeller,

means connecting the niotor to thepropeller,

.5. An aeroplane comprising a series of supporting planes, 'concaved' upon their lower surfaces, said lanes being"- superposed with relation to eacli other and increasing, in, length upwardly, horizontally arranged pivoted planes supported forward of said supporting planes, said 'ivoted" planes i being .movable toward an away porting means of the first referred to planes,

said plvoted planes'having' pivotal. connec- I 'iio tion at their forward ends with the forward cross-bar of said-frame, means for vertically rom each other at'their rear ends,-'a for- I Wardly extending frame-secured'to the'supadjusting the. rear ends of said pivoted rearwardly extendin frame secured to the plane. rigid with said rearwardly extending for the propulsion of said aeroplane.

planes,- propelling means, a-"forwar ly extending frame, a pair of planes pivoted. on"

6. An aeroplane pomp rising sup or'ting' planes away from-and'toward'each other, a

intermediate supporting plane, a balancing i a-horizontal transverse axison saidframe and pro ecting rearward, and means for 1n-.

T ip fly hanging the angle of the said 7' planes relative .to' the supporting planes. "f-

forward.

7. An aeroplane comprisin i. supporting: planes, propelling ,x neans, a 'orwardly ex-' tending frame, a pair of planes pivoted on .1

a horizontal transverse axis on said. frame and projecting rearward, means forbade-'- a motor supported on the lower plane, and 19 pendently changing the angle of the said forward planes relative to the supporting planes, and means for normally retaining the forward planes in proximity.

5 8. An aeroplane comprising supporting for independently changing the angle of the 10 said forward planes relative to the. supporting planes.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of April A. D. 1910.

VICTOR P. FLEISS. Vitnesses:

W'M. R. DAVIS, L. I. MAYER. 

